Advice from the Ladies

[Barb T]

The main thing is that your wife is comfortable wearing whatever she wants to wear. Some women are comfortable wearing a full kilt/sporran/belt combo, others are not. If your wife is not familiar with kilts, it's important for her to know that many people would find it odd for a woman to be wearing a kilt and sporran. To be honest, I only wear my kilt and full kit when I'm piping and am "in uniform". I am comfortable with wearing a kilt when I'm piping, but I feel squiffy when I'm not. Neither right or wrong, but that's where I come down.

If your wife were to wear a trad kilt with full kit, she might even be the target of a certain amount of hostility, because a traditional kilt is, quite frankly, historically a man's garment. That doesn't mean it's wrong for her to choose that - she would just need to go in with her eyes open.

If she wants to wear a swell tartan garment to complement yours, there are lots of options that she could choose that wouldn't raise eyebrows. Kilt skirts are an option, or she could go with something like the following:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...t-woman-75461/

Wonderful that she wants to go on this adventure with you!